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Deadly snacks: How trans fats in popcorn endanger lives

DURU Chinelo Bose, a 53-year-old lawyer and civil servant who works at the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja, likes to eat popcorn, especially...
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500,000 persons die every year of coronary heart disease caused by trans fat- WHO

THE World Health Organisations says 11 out of 15 countries with the most coronary heart disease deaths due to trans fats are yet to...
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Five statements on coronavirus shared by WHO that turned out to be misleading

THE World Health Organisation (WHO), a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) responsible for international public health has played a huge role in...
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Can Dettol antiseptic cure Coronavirus? Here are the answers

THE label on the bottle of Dettol, a  brand sold in the United Kingdom and other countries worldwide reads that the disinfectant can cure...
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Over 18 million health workers required in Nigeria, other low-income, middle-income nations – WHO

Tedros Adhanom, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General says more than 18 million health workers would be needed in both low-income and middle-income nations,...
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West African nations, WHO, FAO meet over food safety, antimicrobial resistance

WEST African countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone and others on Tuesday met in Abuja, over issues regarding food safety caused...
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A Nigerian-American academic and media scholar Farooq A. Kperogi has been named the 2021 CHOICE Outstanding Academic for his...
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